After my death our beloved Church abroad will break three ways ... first the Greeks will leave us as they were never a part of us ... then those who live for this world and its glory will go to Moscow ... what will remain will be those souls faithful to Christ and His Church.~St. Philaret of NY

In California (USA) is a monastery of St. Gregory of Sinai in which is a large Icon Studio. There are written icons in the traditional manner egg tempera and fresco. Also carried out such works as a mosaic, engraving, carving and die-cast metal. Directs workshop father Patrick, who was a disciple of Russian icon painter and theologian Leonid Ouspensky.

Sergey Khazanov, Paszkowski. On the internal church situation after the Extraordinary Council of Bishops of the Russian Church Abroad

Author: Internet Cathedral incl. February 25, 2015

December 7, 2014 a dozen priests, supported by a significant part of, or the vast majority of his parishioners consciously and openly announced the severance of relations with the Primate and the Synod of Bishops of the Russian Orthodox Church. It was the logical design of the campaign, which over the past year has been unleashed a group of self-proclaimed "zealots." There are various ways to assess the motives that prompted them to make such a move, but it is impossible to deny the obvious: this group went into a split, forming arbitrarily concourse.

Separated (like most dissenters at all times) declared themselves followers of that spiritual heritage, traditions and historical course of the Russian Orthodox Church and the Primate of the hierarchy and unsubstantiated accused of lying, immorality, and numerous neo-sergianist dogmatic and canonical violations. Metropolitan Agafangel, which is the main target of their attacks, separately accused of Russophobia (de it neither more nor less - has unleashed a campaign to demonize the Russian people).

The incident is an event not something extraordinary: splits were in the times of the Ecumenical Councils, took place in our recent history, not to avoid them in the future.

But is of extreme concern is difficult to explain the fact that neither one of the priests who left into schism still by their ruling bishops not apply disciplinary measures - in flagrant violation of canonical rules, none of the rebels is not prohibited in the service, not to mention the more serious measures of exposure.

This state of affairs can not continue for a long time without causing significant damage to the authority of the hierarchy and the temptation faithful members who are in our churchyard. After all gone in a split not only the administrative department from us, they still claim to belong to the Russian Orthodox Church Abroad and use every opportunity to false accusations and slander against the supreme ecclesiastical authority. Moreover, impunity only encourages the rebels to take action, including attempts to seduce some among our clergy and laity.

Three priests were banned from Izhevsk, Metropolitan before their departure in a split - for insubordination demonstrative power of the ruling bishop - namely, "for taking part in a gathering of arbitrarily organized by Archbishop Sophronius and directed against the integrity and unity of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia." And Metropolitan Agafangel bluntly pointed out that if these priests did not bring repentance and will continue to make the service, despite the ban - they will be deprived of the priesthood.

It is known that these persons have not had repentance, but have initiated the church split. At the last meeting in October Synod clergy of Izhevsk was transferred to the subordination of the Right Reverend Bishop Athanasius of Vologda and Veliky - so in this case it is a matter not of the Metropolitan, and the ruling bishop should properly use their powers (which is necessary to perform in other dioceses ).

A Metropolitan Agafangel already expressed my opinion on this issue in his address to the breakaway that "it is clear that the separation of this group uncanonically, unfounded and crime in relation to the Church of Christ.Thus, - continues Bishop - illegally should be separated, according to the canons, are prohibited from serving non-recovery of the priesthood. In addition, the statement signed the "Appeal": "historical ROCA was shattered, none of its parts formed the now-has full authority remain united ROCOR ", it falls under the anathema of ecumenism," who attack the Church of Christ by teaching, for theirs is divided into branches, which differ in doctrine and life, and that the Church does not seem suschu be alone, but from the branches, divisions and religions will be united into one body (...) or defend their new heresy of ecumenism, supposing that brotherly love and unity of separated Christians: Anathema! ".

Thus Metropolitan Agafangel fatherly urged "all those who took part in the division to repent and return to the bosom of the Russian Orthodox Church and the restoration of the broken unity", but his words were not heeded.

If control our dioceses, which consisted of priests who have gone into schism, it is believed that the more appropriate in the circumstances to pull the thing on the brakes and do nothing, then this position is seen as profoundly mistaken. The bishop should not be eliminated, so as not to give rise to rumors among his flock, but to separate virtue from vice, the more so because it is required by the norms of canon law and taking care of Orthodox piety, chief guardian and protector of Orthodox bishop who is in the diocese entrusted to him.

The symbolism of the "complete" Cross (much of which is contained in the Old Rite Russian prosphora seal and on metal and wood icons) is quite complex. Since the Old Rite tradition of the Russian Orthodox Church is much richer than the New Rite Church in its use of symbolism to teach the faithful, this article should be of benefit to those unfamiliar with this tradition.

Through the Cross came our Salvation. We are constantly reminded that Christ died for us when we see the Image of the Cross (depicting the crucified Lord), and we are reminded that He rose from the dead when we behold the Image of Christ "Not made by hands" (Slavonic: Нерукутвореномуобразъ) on the towel (depicting the Lord risen from the dead).

Worshipping the crucified Lord are two flying angels, with the inscription between them: "Angels of the Lord" (in Slavonic: АнгелиГосподни). In some depictions of the Cross the Angels are bearing an image of the Holy Trinity, but traditions vary in allowing this; usually the Angels are simply holding towels, indicating their position as messengers who serve the Lord and who wait on Him.

The top bar of the Cross is the title-board which Pilate ordered to be hung in mockery over Christ's head. On this board was inscribed: "Jesus of Nazareth, King of the Jews" in Hebrew, Greek and Latin (abbreviated to the Greek initials 'INBI', or the Latin initials 'INRI' in the Western tradition). This has been replaced with the Christian inscription: "King of Glory" (Slavonic: Царьславы), placed below the knees of the angels. [Note that while the use of the inscription 'І.Н.Ц.І.' does not usually appear in the Russian tradition, examples of its occurrence are occasionally found on newer Russian Crosses.] On the title-board is inscribed the initials 'IC XC', being the first and last letters of Christ's name in Greek (Greek: Iisous Khristos; Old Rite Slavonic: ІсоусъХристосъ; New Rite Slavonic: ІисусъХристосъ). In addition, just above Christ's arms we see the inscription: 'NIKA', which in Greek means: "He conquers" or "He is victorious." [Frequently, especially on the Greek and New Rite Russian prosphora seal, we see these last two inscriptions together with the simple two-barred Cross: 'IC XC NI KA', meaning: "Jesus Christ is victorious" (i.e., over death and sin). Note that in the proper Orthodox tradition the Saviour does not wear a crown of thorns (as in the Western tradition), nor is He portrayed alive on the Cross, nor in any aspect of suffering, but in a state of humble and peaceful repose, with inclined head. Also note that His feet are nailed with two nails.]

The middle bar is that on which the Lord's hands were nailed. On either top corner we see the depiction of the sun (left; in Slavonic: солнца) and the moon (right; in Slavonic: луна), for "The sun hid its light, and the moon turned to blood." (Joel 2:31) The inscription: "Son of God" (Slavonic: СынъБожіи) is placed on both sides of Christ's head, and below His arms we read the inscription: "We bow down before Thy Cross, O Master, and we worship Thy holy Resurrection" (in Slavonic: КрестуТвоемупокломняемсяВладыко, исвятоевоскресениеТвоеславимъ). The halo of Christ is inscribed with the Greek letters 'w ov', meaning: 'The Being' or 'He Who is', to remind us that Christ is the same God Who identified Himself with those words to Moses in the Old Law.

Behind the body of Christ, on either side, are a lance (which pierced Him) and a sponge (which was soaked with gall or vinegar and offered Him to drink) on a pole made of reed or cane. The lance (on the left:) is marked "К" in Slavonic; standing for "копие", while the sponge (on the right) is marked "Т", standing for: "трость" (which means: 'reed' or 'cane'). [On some Crosses one might see instead of "Т" the inscription "Г" which stands for "губка" (sponge) in Slavonic.] On the body of Christ is depicted blood and water flowing forth from His side.

The slanted bottom bar is the foot-brace. In prayers for the Ninth Hour, the Church likens the Cross to a type of balance of righteousness:

"Between two thieves Thy Cross did prove to be a balance of righteousness: wherefore one of them was dragged down to Hades by the weight of his blasphemy [the balance points downward], whereas the other was lightened of his transgressions unto the comprehension of theology [the balance points upward]. O Christ God, glory to Thee."

The city of Jerusalem is depicted in the background, for Christ was crucified outside the city walls. By the foot of the Cross are the letters: "ГГ" standing for 'Mount Golgotha' (in Slavonic: ГораГолгофы); this is the hill outside the city gates upon which Christ was crucified. Below the feet of Christ are four Slavonic letters with abbreviation marks: "М.Л.Р.Б.", meaning: "The place of the skull, where Adam was" (in Slavonic: Местолобноерайбысть). Hidden in a cave under the earth is 'the skull of Adam' (for by pious tradition it is said that Christ was crucified at preciseIy the same place where Adam was buried), identified with the letters: "ГА" (in Slavonic: главаАдамла). We are thus reminded that Adam our forefather lost Paradise through the tree from which he wrongIy partook; Christ is the new Adam, bringing us Salvation and Paradise through the tree of the Cross.

(Reuters) - Pro-Russia http://uk.reuters.com/places/russia separatists are building up forces and weapons in Ukraine's south east and the Ukrainian military said on Saturday it was braced for the possibility of a rebel attack on the port city of Mariupol.

The Kiev military accused Russia on Friday of sending more tanks and troops towards the rebel-held town of Novoazovsk, further east along the Sea of Azov coast from Mariupol, expanding their presence on what it fears could be the next battlefront.

A rebel attack on Mariupol, a city of half a million people and potentially a gateway to Crimea, which Russia annexed last March, would almost certainly kill off a European-brokered ceasefire.

• UK and EU 'badly misread' Russia

Perhaps the 'West' is waking up. This seems to imply some no longer believe that Russia is a democratic country.

"The Russian planes were escorted by the RAF until they were out of the UK area of interest. At no time did the Russian military aircraft cross into UK sovereign airspace."

A similar incident occurred in January, when the UK Foreign Office said two Russian Tu-95 Bear H bombers flying near UK airspace had caused "disruption to civil aviation" and were also escorted by RAF jets while near UK airspace.

• Quote from Philokalia

67. Some of the things which we do for the sake of God are done in obedience to the commandments; others are not done in obedience to the commandments but, so to speak, as a voluntary offering. For example, we are required by the commandments to love God and our neighbor, to love our enemies, not to commit adultery or murder and so on. And when we transgress these commandments, we are condemned. But we are not commanded to live as virgins, to abstain from marriage, to renounce possessions, to withdraw into solitude and so forth. These are of the nature of gifts, so that if through weakness we are unable to fulfill some of the commandments, we may by these free gifts propitiate our blessed Master.

ON KEEPING THE FASTGreat
Lent is upon us, and on its threshold it would be good for the
Christian to think about how he should spend the time of Great Lent, and
above all, how he should observe the fast and follow the church rules. We need to keep in mind that on one hand, whenever the rules on fasting
are mentioned in the church books, they seem to be intended for
monasteries. Yet we know that the great ascetics and fasters observed
the fast much more strictly than the church rules call for.Yesterday,
on the last Saturday before Great Lent, the Church commemorated all
those ascetics who lived their lives in extremely strict abstinence. They include St. Anthony the Great, St. Macarius the Great, St.
Theodosius the Great, St. Pimen the Great, St. Euthymius the Great, and
others. All of them were ascetics who, I repeat, fasted much more
strictly than the church rules call for. Of course, by pointing them out
to us, the Church does not require that we imitate them to the same
extent. First of all, they had a completely different way of life. They
were recluses or, at any rate, desert-dwellers. Their amazing accounts
are contained in the Lives of Saints. For example, St. Paisius the Great
seems to have set a record among them. Except for the Holy Gifts, he
took no food for two forty-day periods in a row, that is, for eighty
days straight. Nonetheless, he was so full of strength, not only
spiritual but physical as well, that he was able to observe all the
rules and fulfill all his duties as a monk even while fasting. Many
saints fasted for forty days, imitating the Lord Jesus Christ Himself,
while those who fasted for one week at a time took food only at the end
of the week. There were many who did likewise, and also in Russia. But, I
repeat, the Church does not at all require that we do the same. The
Church sets forth rules for fasting. If those saints could fast like
that, the requirements in our service books are more or less within
reach of everyone. Of course, when a person really is not capable, he is
not required to follow the fasting rules strictly, because the point is
for a person to restrain to some degree his passionate, capricious, and
lustful flesh, and humble it, dealing with it firmly and subjugating it
to his spirit. Fasting is necessary to humble one’s sinful fleshly nature, but if a person is sick, such measures are not
required of him as of a healthy person, because fasting accomplishes
that which in his case is brought about by his illness that has weakened
his nature. A strict fast is not required of someone who is infirm and
feeble, someone who is already fighting or is threatened by illness. Just remember that if a person cannot fast strictly and it is lent, let
him just observe the fast to the extent that he is able, so as not to
weaken himself further, for he is already weak. However, during lent he
should definitely abstain from something he really likes, whether it be
food or something else. Let him exercise restraint in some way or
another to make up for his not fasting from food, for it is during Great
Lent that he should abstain from anything else he really likes that has
become habitual and could possibly turn into a passion.For
example, I have known many people who had the bad habit of smoking
tobacco. Many of them would stop when Great Lent started. They bravely
endured those feelings of deprivation that a person experiences when he
quits. The urge to smoke decreases, and eventually it becomes easier to
abstain. And then when you ask them, “Well, if you are already used to not smoking, for it seems that it is not so hard for you now, why do you take it up again when it is Pascha and the fast is over?” They say, “We really don’t know...we don’t really feel like smoking, but do so anyway, out of weakness...”

We must remember that a person’s will is weak when he relies solely on himself. But when he relies on God’s help, and,
realizing his weakness, asks the Lord for help, the result is
completely different. I knew one lady, already getting on in years, who
for forty years smoked non-stop, like a chimney. She was told that St.
Seraphim would help people with such an addiction. And a real miracle
took place. Here was a woman who could not do without a cigarette for
even half an hour, and, as she later told me herself, she went to the icon of St. Seraphim and with great faith asked him, “Batiushka Father Seraphim, you know that I do want to give up this bad habit. Help me to give up smoking!” And, as she said, she never again wanted a cigarette. This shows that when a person turns to the Lord and to His saints with such wholehearted faith, God’s help will come
WITHOUT FAIL! We have to remember this! Lent is the time when a person
needs to think about his life and about his soul, and strive to somehow
cleanse it from all kinds of sinful pollution and purify it. Indeed, we
have to spend the time of Great Lent not just going to confession and
receiving Holy Communion as a formality, then going back to the same
sins, but really thinking about our life, evaluating it according to the
holy and rigorous commandments of the Gospel, and striving to somehow
improve ourselves during these holy days. And we need to ask the Lord
for help that we may somehow manage to keep controlling ourselves, so
that whatever we may have accomplished would not disappear without a
trace, as it often happens when Lent is over, but that it would all
remain secure in our souls as a spiritual acquisition.As
Lent begins, we should all ask the Lord to help us make good use of
this time. The holy fathers liked to say that for good reason, in our
northern hemisphere, lent always occurs in the springtime. Spring is the
time for sowing, and now, good seeds are sown so that we can enjoy the
fruits thereof for the whole year. We need to think of this spiritual spring as the time to sow good seeds in our hearts so that they will, with God’s help, yield good and lasting fruit. Amen.

St. Metropolitan Philaret of New York, Sermons, Vol. II, pp. 35-37

Translator unknown. Post will be sometime moved to http://blessedphilaret.blogspot.com

"... What I'm seeing very clearly with the fast is that the fast is forcing me, (if you like), into being absolutely present all the time. And it's a very internal thing and it's like I'm, for the first time in awhile, I've stepped outside of the usual Colin that exists in the world that's constantly running and doing his best and giving everything and working, thinking, and eating what I feel like, – whenever I feel like it, I just find something and grab it, because everything is available – we live in such an abundant... we have such abundant lives, we are so gifted in that way. But the fast is kind of the opposite side of that, it's stepping outside of that and seeing all of that momentum, it is almost like a big hurricane, it's the world, – and the fast is about stillness and about being present.

"And then what happens is that everything lights up inside of me that came from that hurricane, everything that I've acquired, all of the toxins, everything that I've eaten, everything that I've done that has come from that and it's in here (inside self). And the fast is being about presence – it's like shining a light on all of that noise.

"And that is what that 'shufflling' – 'head-in-a-vice' thing was (heavy-headedness experienced earlier in the day) – it was seeing everything that I've created and taking responsibility for it in a way that I haven't done before."

Going to Greece, the super-correct faction tried to create political ties between the Russian Church Abroad and the most extreme of all Old Calendar groups: the "Matthewites," who believed that not only were all the new calendar Churches without grace, but any Church that had anything at all to do with them was also graceless. This plan later backfired, for the Matthewites learned that, contrary to what they had been led to believe, the Russian Church Abroad was far too "liberal" for them.

...

In 1976 the English-speaking Orthodox mission was also struck a blow when people (mostly insecure converts) from other Orthodox Churches were directed by the super-correct contingent to get "rebaptized" in the Russian Church Abroad. Even people who had been receiving Communion for years in the Church Abroad, if their baptism was under suspicion of being "graceless" or "uncanonical," were told that this rebaptism was necessary. "Recently," Fr. Seraphim wrote, "some wished to see such a 'rebaptism' performed in our Western American diocese, but our Archbishop Anthony wisely refused to allow it, in which we gave him our full support—for indeed, it would have been tantamount to an open declaration of the absence of grace in the Greek Archdiocese."

Another pilgrim recalls his futile attempts to enter into intellectual debates with Fr. Seraphim. As a pastor of a Protestant church, this man was convicted in his heart by the spiritual depth of Orthodoxy. In order to prove that Orthodoxy was not the true way after all, he wanted to win an argument with Fr. Seraphim. At one point he worked out an elaborate polemic against Orthodoxy based on the fact that pogroms against Jews had occurred in pre-Revolutionary Russia. When he approached Fr. Seraphim and began setting forth his points about the pogroms, the latter replied, “I don’t have to defend something that is obviously unChristian.” As the man recalled later, “That reply shred all my pre-planned arguments to pieces!” On other occasions, when the pastor would speak to Fr. Seraphim in a contentious tone, trying to provoke him to debate, Fr. Seraphim would say nothing at all, but would simply stand up and walk away. This taught the man a profound lesson, and he now regrets that his competitive approach robbed him of precious opportunities...

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The True Orthodox Churches of Romania, and Bulgaria, and with the Russian Orthodox Church Abroad, and with the Synod in Resistance, are called by the Grace of the Lord to coexist in Mysteriological communion.

from §4 of “Schedule of Steps in the Union Process” Feb. 2014

VL AGAFANGEL PRAYER

Lord Jesus Christ, Holy Theotokos and all the Saints: keep our souls unharmed from the destructive influences of globalism, ecumenism, and sergianism, and give all of us the strength to endure the latest onset of persecution of the Church of Christ. Amen

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"I have taken you in my arms, and I love you, and I prefer you to my life itself. For the present life is nothing, and my most ardent dream is to spend it with you... I place your love above all things, and nothing would be more bitter or painful to me than to be of a different mind than you.”

St. John Chrysostom

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"If we have a good priest (or bishop), we give thanks to God. If a bad one, we endure him".

- old Russian saying

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"And here is something to which I would like to draw your attention to – something about which very many do not think about. Father Archimandrite Constantine, whom probably many of you know, the reposed editor of the journal “Orthodox Rus’”, a profound Christian mind, considered that the most terrible among all the achievements of the communists was that the communists created their own false-church, a soviet church which they shoved onto the unfortunate people in place of the genuine Church which went underground into the catacombs. Do not think that I am exaggerating or that Father Constantine was exaggerating!

Once, in the year 1918, a Pan-Russian Church Council was held. At this Council, the entire Pan-Russian Church together with its first holy hierarch, Patriarch Tikhon anathematized, excommunicated from the Church not only the theomachists and godless ones themselves, but also all those who would collaborate with them."

~St. Philaret of NY

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"To the Russians abroad, it has been granted to shine in the whole world with the light of Orthodoxy, so that other peoples, seeing their good deeds, might glorify our Father Who is in heaven, and thus obtain salvation for themselves. But if it does not perform this purpose and even abases Orthodoxy by its life, the Diaspora will have before itself two paths: either to be converted to the path of repentance, having acquired forgiveness through prayer to God and being reborn spiritually and to being capable of giving rebirth to our suffering homeland; or else being rejected by God and remaining in banishment, persecuted by everyone, until gradually it will degenerate and disappear from the face of the earth."

from Vladika John's report to the All-Diaspora Sobor in 1938

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The apostasy of our times, to a degree unique in Christian history, is proceeding not primarily by false teachings or canonical deviations, but rather by a false understanding of Orthodoxy on the part of those who may even be perfectly Orthodox in their dogmatic teaching and canonical situation. A correct "Orthodoxy" deprived of the Spirit of true Christianity—this is the meaning of Sergianism, and it cannot be fought by calling it a "heresy," which it is not, nor by detailing its canonical irregularities, which are only incidental to something much more important.

- Russia's Catacomb Saints

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Let it not be thought, however, that I affirm that it is necessary to prize every peace. For I know that there is a splendid disagreement and the most destructive unanimity. Yet one must love a good peace which has a good purpose: unity with God.

-St. Gregory the Theologian

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... To pious Christians the fact that the world has fallen into godlessness is to them obvious, and they are ready to see it as an unfortunate historical inevitability ...

Professor Viktor Trostinkov

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If you want to have assurance that you are saved, repent now that you are young and healthy and it is manifest that you left sin while you were still able to sin. But if you persevere in sin into your old age, why then you did not leave sin, but rather sin left you.

St. Nicodemus of the Holy Mountain

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Live in peace not only with your friends, but also with your enemies; but only your personal enemies, and not the enemies of God.

St. Theodosius of the Kiev Caves

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Judge not according to appearances, but judge righteous judgment.

St. John 7:24

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"If Russia is not ressurrected, a new Golgotha threatens the whole world."

Priest Vladimir Evsukoff 1980†

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A man who does not express a desire to link himself to the latest of the saints (in time) in all love and humility owing to a certain distrust in himself, will never be linked to the preceding saints and will not be admitted to their succession, even though he thinks he possesses all possible faith and love for God and for all His saints. He will be cast out of their midst, as one who refused to take humbly the place allotted to him by God before all time, and to link himself to that latest saint (in time) as God had disposed.

St. Symeon the New Theologian

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SCOBA, to which world orthodoxy gives such great significance, reproaching us for not belonging to it, actually is in no way a canonical organ. The Russian Church Outside of Russia was invited to take part in these conferences; however, our Church refused to send representatives there after clergy of the Moscow Patriarchate were invited. "We never and nowhere will sit at one table with them; by this our spiritual communion with the Universal Church is not broken."

Archpriest George Grabbe 1969

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"Let us always thank the Lord that we are in the Holy Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia, which throughout the 80 years of its existence has trodden the straight, royal path of God, without ever turning aside and losing its way."

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The passions lying hidden in the soul provide the demons with the means of arousing impassioned thoughts in us. Then, fighting the intellect through these thoughts, they force it to give its assent to sin. When it has been overcome, they lead it to sin in the mind; and when this has been done they induce it, captive as it is, to commit the sin in action. Having thus desolated the soul by means of these thoughts, the demons then retreat, taking the thoughts with them, and only the spectre or idol of sin remains in the intellect. Referring to this our Lord says, 'When you see the abominable idol of desolation standing in the holy place (let him who reads understand)... (Matt 24:15). For man's intellect is a holy place and a temple of God in which the demons, having desolated the soul by impassioned thoughts, set up the idol of sin. That these things have already taken place in history no one, I think, who has read Josephus will doubt; though some say that they will also come to pass in the time of the Antichrist.

Philokalia

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There are three things that impel us towards what is holy: natural instincts, angelic powers, and probity of intention. Natural instincts impel us, when, for example, we do to others what we would wish them to do to us (cf. Luke 6:31), or when we see someone suffering deprivation or in need and naturally feel compassion. Angelic powers impel us when, being ourselves impelled to something worthwhile, we find we are providentially helped and guided. We are impelled by probity of intention when, discriminating between good and evil, we choose the good.

Philokalia

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The outward Gospel of social idealism is a symptom of loss of faith.

Fr. Seraphim Rose

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Impurity of intellect consists first in having false knowledge, ...

Philokalia

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Isn't Marx really the third of a trio with Darwin and Freud as a practical source in the war against revealed truth?

Fr. Seraphim Rose

Letters, 1972

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To: ROCA members from the MP

"You have to understand that you have long been in a false church, which implants in its members' souls, a false spirituality, which in turn takes root and grows stronger and stronger, the longer a man stays in it."

Bishop Athanasius, 2014

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Mankind has gone mad, and we see with horror the abyss into which it is being drawn. Let us lay aside every worldly care, and let us fall down in prayer and readiness for the dread Judgment of the Lord. Death will not come with bombs and poisons. Death has already come and take up residence with us and in us, and has made corpses of us, Mammon has overwhelmed this sinful world, which is dominated by Queen Science, Lucifer himself, which with one hand makes medicines and machines for man's foolish happiness and with the other terrorizes him by means of the bomb! Such is the sorry state of knowledge and the agony of the world through and through. Let us lift up our hearts.

-Photios Kontoglou (†1965) letter to Dr. Cavarnos dated 5/10/57

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"Psychopaths are a superior subspecies. We transcend humanity. We are Nature's Supermen. We deserve the subservience and availability of everyone around us. Luckily, every year 100-million people are born throughout the world. We have 100-million new choices every year."

-Sam Vaknin, self-realized psychopath

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Our Saviour placed the Church in the world in order to save the world, and Satan is always trying to place the world into the Church in order to destroy the Church.

attributed to Desert Fathers

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"If you see lying and hypocrisy, expose them in front of all, even if they are clothed inpurple and fine linen."

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